The FDIC notes that population and branch changes in New Orleans were the result of the “extraordinary effects of Hurricane Katrina.” Elsewhere, the losses are pinned on “post-industrial” economic conditions.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported todauy it is on track to replenish the insurance fund for failed banks to the mandated level after altering the way it makes banks pay for insurance earlier this year, changes that benefitted most New Orleans-based banks.

With loan demand still soft, interest rates at all-time lows and the St. Tammany Parish economy still rebounding from a dip in real estate values, North Shore bankers say growing deposits is not high on their priority list. “Banks are ...

Mergers that continue to shake up the New Orleans banking industry could spell new opportunities for banks to grow market share via loan officers, but some industry insiders have a fairly bleak outlook for those bankers.